Trump says he wouldn't consider a pre-emptive strike on North Korea
Donald Trump said Wednesday that he wouldn't preemptively strike North Korea if he were president.
In an interview on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer," the GOP presidential contender was asked to weigh in on North Korea's latest actions and whether he would consider a preemptive strike to destroy its nuclear capabilities.
"No, because China has total control over them, and we have total control over China," he said.
Trump said that China should be the one to address North Korea's nuclear capabilities.
"They have total control," Trump said about China. "Because without China, they wouldn't be able to eat. So China has to get involved, and China should solve that problem, and we should put pressure on China to solve the problem."
The White House and U.S. intelligence community were skeptical Wednesday about North Korea's claim that it had tested a hydrogen bomb underground earlier in the day.
The initial analysis by U.S. intelligence "is not consistent with the claims that were made by the North Koreans that they had successfully conducted a test of a hydrogen bomb," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said.
The U.N. Security Council, meanwhile, held an emergency meeting Wednesday behind closed doors and pledged to quickly implement additional sanctions against North Korea. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and GOP presidential contender Jeb Bush called for new sanctions.
